Accordion <= 2.2.8 - Unprotected AJAX Action to Stored/Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
| CVE | CVE-2020-13644 |
|---|---|
| CVSS | 6.4 (Medium) |
| Publicly Published | March 18, 2020 |
| Last Updated | January 22, 2024 |
| Researcher |
Chloe Chamberland
- Wordfence
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Description
An issue was discovered in the Accordion plugin before 2.2.9 for WordPress. The unprotected AJAX wp_ajax_accordions_ajax_import_json action allowed any authenticated user with Subscriber or higher permissions the ability to import a new accordion and inject malicious JavaScript as part of the accordion.
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Vulnerability Details for Accordions
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug | accordions (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 2.2.9, or a newer patched version |
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Recent vulnerabilities in Accordions
| # | Title | CVE ID | CVSS | Researchers | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accordions <= 2.3.23 - Authenticated (Custom+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Accordion Body Field | CVE-2026-10862 | Osvaldo Noe Gonzalez Del Rio (Os) | June 8, 2026 | |
| 2 | Accordion <= 2.3.15 - Missing Authorization | CVE-2025-58678 | Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT) | September 22, 2025 | |
| 3 | Accordion <= 2.3.14 - Missing Authorization | CVE-2025-53421 | Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT) | September 16, 2025 | |
| 4 | Accordion <= 2.3.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) PHP Object Injection | CVE-2025-32143 | LVT-tholv2k | April 9, 2025 | |
| 5 | Accordion <= 2.2.99 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2024-47342 | Robert DeVore | September 27, 2024 | |
| 6 | Accordion <= 2.2.96 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Contributor+) Post Duplication | CVE-2024-1641 | Lucio Sá | March 13, 2024 | |
| 7 | Accordion <= 2.2.43 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting | August 17, 2022 | |||
| 8 | Accordion <= 2.2.29 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting | CVE-2021-24283 | iohex | April 21, 2021 |
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